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Eye Tracking in the Diagnosis of Aggressive Behaviors and Emotions: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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Eye Tracking it is a sensor technology that allows - through a device – to exactly know where a person’s gaze is focused. In the field of Neuropsychology, it is important to know studies with this tool to start new research. Therefore, this study explores and synthesizes studies on the diagnosis of aggressive behaviors and emotions by using the Eye tracking technology. This systematic review of the literature was carried out under the PRISMA criteria. The studies included in the review consist of articles from empirical studies, peer-reviewed published between 2010 and 2018. The databases included in the study are: Pubmed, Scopus, PsycInfo, Scielo, DOAJ. We obtained 53 preliminary articles. 16 studies were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the investigation.

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Gómez-Ochoa, N.G., Ortega-Chasi, P., Alvarado-Cando, O., Cobos-Cali, M., Artega-Sarmiento, S. (2020). Eye Tracking in the Diagnosis of Aggressive Behaviors and Emotions: A Systematic Review of the Literature. In: Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 973. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20476-1_13

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